By, “…1000 A.D., the turban had evolved from a strictly utilitarian piece of clothing into something used to connote nobility and power,” said Brannon Wheeler, associate professor of Islamic studies at the University of Washington, (2).

“Just as shoes evolved from a practical foot covering into an item of clothing that reveals a person’s class and origins, so turbans evolved from a simple head covering into something that identifies people along cultural, religious, political and social lines. …In the past, emperors and leaders have worn grand turbans with feathers and jewels added as flourishes,” (3).